Usery v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SKINNER, District Judge.

This is an action to enforce a subpena issued by the plaintiff Secretary of Labor under 19 U.S.C. § 2321. The subpena was purportedly issued in aid of the Secretary’s determination of a petition filed under 19 U.S.C. § 2271(a) for certification of certain of the defendant’s former employees for relief under the Trade Act of 1974. The Act provides a form of special additional unemployment compensation for workers who have lost their jobs because of the impact of imports on the sales of their former employers. The Secretary is required to make a…